Harvester.



PATENTED vFEB. 17, 1903.

E. A. MAINGUET.

HARVESTER.

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No. 721,058. PATENTED FEB. 17, 1903.

E. A. MAINGUET.

HARVESTER.

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HARVESTER.

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W/ TNE SSE S UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. MAINGUET, OF EVANGELINE, LOUISIANA.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,058, dated February 17, 1903. i

Application filed October 8, 1901. Serial No. 77,989. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. MAINGUET, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Evangeline, in the parish of Acadia and State of Louisiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the following is a specification. l

Myinvention is an improvement in harvesters, and has fory its objects, among others, to provide a novel construction of'framing whereby the team may operate in rear of the cutting apparatus` and to provide simple means for raising and lowering the cutting and binding apparatus; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In thefdrawings,Figure 1 isa top plan view, and Fig. 2 isa side elevation, 'of a harvester embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view illustrating the main framing in connection with the front and rear wheels. Figs. 3a and 3b are detail sectional views of theturn-table. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of the parts shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 5 is a detail top plan view of a portion of the carrier mechanism and illustrating the means for transmitting the motion to the reel and to the front roller for tipping the grain onto Athe carrier. Fig. 6 is a detail front elevation of the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 7 is a detail vertical section on about line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail cross-section on about line 8 8 of Fig. '7. Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view illustrating the means for operating the cutter-bar and some of the parts connected therewith. Fig. 10 is a detail front elevation, part in section, yshowing the means for supporting, operating, and y adjusting the reel. Fig. 11 is a detail front elevation of the main frame, its front Wheels, dac.; and Fig. 12 is a detail view showing the means for transmitting direct motion to the packing and binding mechanism.

In supporting the cutting, carrying, reeling, packing, binding, andother'portions of my device I prefer to employ a supplemental tilting frame, carried'by the main frame and arranged to be tilted on its connection therewith to adjust the said devices up or down, as may be desired. This construction is best Shown in Figs. 1, 2, 'and s and fvinnow be described.

The axle A, operated by the main drivewheels B, provided at C with pawls and ratchets, (see Fig. 11,) supports also the main frame, `which includes the fronti uprights C, which are provided at C with bearings for the aXleor shaft A and also provided with rearwardly-extending arms Cprojecting to the rear from the bearings C and carrying the transversely-extending arc bar C3, which is preferably curved` in cross-section and is secured at'its front side to the arms C2, so the said arc bar can be` embraced by the slide on the front end of the perch or pole presently described. y

Two braces C5, as shown in Fig. 1, consist of angular bars, located between the uprights C and connected with the cross-rod C4, extend thence to the axle A, and thence rearwardly to the arc bar and operate to give stability and strength to the whole construction. Instead of using two braces, as shown in Fig. 1, I may in some instances employ a single central brace, as shown in Fig.v 3.

The upperends of the uprights C are formed with heads having laterally-extending por- 'tions C6, which are notched in their under sides toreceive the tilting frames, hereinafter described, and also to receive the top bars C7 of the main back frame. These bars C7 may be bent from asingle piece ofmetal, as

shown in Fig. 3, to provide the rear vtop bar C8 and are connected in advance of the bar C8 by a cross-bar C9, which supports the drivers seat C10, and also has a bearing for the Yshaft d of the frame of the steering-wheel D,

said shaft d having a crank-handleby which it may be turned to swing the perch-pole from side Vto side." Hanger-bars E depend' from the bars C7 and C8 and connect at their lower ends with a circle E, which forms 'a track for the 3, and 3b.

The steering-wheel D has its axle or shaft D' journaled in the ring G and has the shaft of its fork-frame journaled in the cross-bar C2 of the main frame. By this means the perch-pole may be shifted from side to side along the arc bar C3 by the operation of the shaft d of the steeringwheel, or the said perch-pole may be also shifted by the movements of the team from side to side under the control of the operator. At its front end the polc F is provided with a slide F', which adjusts along the arc bar C3 and partially embraces the said arc bar from the rear side thereof and so operates to hold the perch-pole to the arc bar, as desired. The tilting frame H is pivoted at H' upon the axle A and has the forwardly-projectingbars H2,the rear upright bars IIS, and the arc bars H4, which slide within the guide-slots of the heads C6 of the front bars of the main frame. The opposite bars H2 are connected by a cross-bar H5, which is slotted at H5 at its center for the passage of the lever, which operates the whole apparatus, as presentlydescribed. As shownin Fig. 1, the bars H2 and H8 support the whole mechanism of the harvester, and in order to provide for adjusting such devices up or down to set them at different heights I furnish means for rocking the tilting frame to raise and lower the cutting, carrying, reeling,pack ing, binding, and other devices. To this end I provide the shaft I, connected, preferably, by swiveling at I' at its front end to a crossbar H2, which connects the upper rear ends of the arc bars H4 of the tilting frame. The screw-thread of the shaft I is threaded at I3 in a bearing mounted on the main frame and has its rear end provided with a crank-handle 14, by which it may be turned. By this construction it will be noticed the operator can raise and lower the tilting,r frame by the proper operation of the screw 12, which screw will also operate to hold the tilting frame in any position to which it may be adjusted.

In the practical use of my invention the horses are hitched on opposite sides of the perch-pole and in connection with the ring or circle of the main frame, as will be understood from Figs. 1, 2, and 3; also latch J, Fig. 2, is arranged to lock the turn-table in position to hold the perch-pole straight or in central position, as shown in Fig. 1, the latch J being pressed into locking position by the spring J' and a foot-lever J2 being connected with the latch by means of arope J2, so it can be operated to release the latch whenever desired.

The cutter-bar K, the carrier L, and the reel M, binder, and coactiug parts are supported by the forwardly-extending portions of the tilting frame, and in transmitting motion to said parts I employ a counter-shaft N, having a pinion N meshed with a gear N2 on the shaft A. This pinion N is clutched at N2 to the shaft N, the clutch being under the control of the operator, and the shaft N is provided with a gear N4, meshed with a pinion N5 in connection with a crank N5, which is connected by a pitman N7 with a crank O' on a pulley O, (see Fig. 9,) which pulley is connected by a belt O2, which runs the pulleys O3 on shafts O4, which support sprocketwheels O5, around which is passed the chain O5, to which is connected at P' the rear end of a lever` P, which lever being pivoted at P2, suitably jointed at P3 to obviate the motion up and down, and conveniently connected at its front end P4 with the cutter-bar K to reciprocate the said bar and by this special construction to run across two or more iingers by a long stroke of the cutter-bar, as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 9 of the drawings.

As shown in Fig. 9, the front end P4 ofthe lever P is suitably constructed to receive the pitmen running the cutter-bars, being also connected near the same point P (see Figs. 9 and 12) with the long ptman T, running on a straight line the chains S and S', it being understood that the portions T and T2 of said pitman may be jointed at T', which special device will be hereinafter described. It will thus be noted that the cutter-bar is operated by means of the axle from the supporting and traction wheels of the machine, and, as will Lbe described, the carrier, the grain-tipping roller, and the reel are operated by connections with a pitman attached at the end of the lever P.

The carrier L is preferably composed of a series of narrow belts suitably slatted and is supported on rollers L' and L2, Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7. The roller L2 is fixed to an axle or shaft L2, journaled at L in a suitable bearing. To this shaft L3 is fixed the sprocketwheel L5; so is the toothed wheel U3 and cap or thimble U5. A similar sprocket-wheel Q is arranged concentrically with the sprocketwheel L5 and spaced apart therefrom,as shown at q. The same wheel Q has its shaft Q' journaled in a bearing Q2 and extended to form a support for the step R', iu which the driveshaft R2 of the reel is journaled at its lower end, as best shown in Fig. 7. To the shaft Q' is xed a pin-gear Q3, provided with one pin Q4, which meshes with pins Q5 of the shaft R2. This shaft R2 gives motion to the reel M, receiving its own motion from the gear Q5 and pin Q4, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The sprocket-wheels Q and L5 are meshed by chains S S', which are spaced apart and are carried by the wheels Q and L5 and by similar wheels S2 and S2, arranged in alinement with the wheels Q and L5, similarly spaced apart and supported in a bearingframe, as shown in Fig. 5. A pitman T,which is suitably connected at one end with the front end of the lever P, (see Figs. 9 and 12,) is secured at its other end to a cross-head T', which is secured to the chains S S' and extends between the said chains, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 7, 9, and 12, so the reciprocation of the lever P can operate the chains S S', and so drive the sprocket-wheels Q and L5, as

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will be understood from said figures. The sprocket-wheel Q, secured to rthe axle Q', turns at the same time the pin-gear Q3, which operates the axle R2 of the reel. This crosshead T also has connected with it one end of a pitman T2, by which motion can be transmitted to the binding mechanism, which may be carried by the tilting frame on the platform to the left of the carrier I. (See Fig. l.) As the packing and binding mechanism form no part of the present invention, I have notl thought it necessary to describe the same in detail hereinafter, giving only description of the mechanism of the sprocket wheels t2. (Shown in Figs. l and 12.)

The grain-tipping roller U is journaled in a bearing U and extends along the front side of the carrier L, with its upper side a little above the level of the upper side of the carrier, and is designed in practice to turn rearwardly toward the carrier in order to tip the grain thereon. This roller U is provided with a pinion U2, which is meshed by a toothed wheel U3 in connection with the roller L2, so the sprocket-wheel L5 will im part movement to the roller L2 and also to the roller U.

The reel M has its shaft M2 journaled in bearings M and M2, which are slidable vertically on the upright bar M4 and the shaft R2,

respectively, and the shaft M2 is provided with a bevel-pinion M6, which meshes with a bevel-pinion M5, which is keyed to and slidable along the shaft R2, the bearing-frame M3 operating to hold the pinions M6 and M5 properly in mesh. The upper ends of the bar M4 and shaft R2 are connected by the top bar V,-

which supports two guide-pulleys V and an .intermediate drum V2 on a shaft W.

Two cords X,lconnected reversely with the drum V2, pass thence over the two pulleys V and also are connected down with the two sliding bearings of the reel-shaft, so that by properly turning the drum V2 by its shaft W the reel can be raised or lowered. (See Figs. 2 andy l0.) The shaft W extends rearwardly from the reel through a bearing W', mounted on the main frame, and can be turned in said bearing and moved longitudinally therein as desired, being provided with circular ratchetteeth at W2 for holding it in any adjustment longitudinally.

As the parts M4 and R2 of the reel-frame are pivotally supported at their lower ends, it is manifest that by the described construction I am able to tilt the reel forwardly or to the rear and raise and lower the reel, as may be desired.

In the operation of the invention it will be seen that the carrier and other apparatus may be raised and lowered to any desired degree, that the reel may be raised and lowered with the carrier and cutting apparatus, and can also be raised and lowered and adjusted back and forth independently of the said parts.

I provide the main wheels B with pawls and ratchets acting on the axle A in the usual manner, so the moving partsof the machine ywill not be operated when the machine is backed.

In transmitting motion to the binding mechanism it is preferred to employ the arrangement shown in Fig. l2, in which the pitman T communicates motion to the chains S S' and a connecting-pitman T2 communicates motion by a cross-bar T3 (see Fig. l) to a chain t', passed around two pulleys t2. At the platform I secure tw'o springs i", which, operating on the pitman when close to the dead-center, will push the said pitman up and down as necessary, consequently facilitating the start and securing the same direction.

In operation to insure the movement of the parts in the proper direction in starting the machine motion in the proper direction may be imparted by hand to the reel or other moving part of the apparatus.

The cross-bar tconnectingthe two sprocketwheels t2, is designed to regulate the motion and relieve the strain of the chain when running around these wheels.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent, is-

1. The improvement in harvesters herein described, vcomprising the main frame pro- `Vided at its front end with upright portions and having at the lower ends of such portions bearings for the axle and rearwardly-project- 4ing arms, and the transverse arc bar carried thereby, the tilting frame provided with forwardly-projecting portions, thecarrying, cutting and reeling mechanism carried Aby the tilting frame, means connected with the tilting frame for tilting the same, the circle or ring carried by the main frame, the turntable operating in connection with said ring, the steering-wheel, and the perch-pole secured at its rear end to the turn-table and provided at its front end with aslide held to IOO IIO

and movable along the arc bar, substantially i as set forth.

2. In a harvester the combination ofthe main frame provided at its rear end with a turn-table and with a perch-pole connected with said turn-table and having at its front enda transverse arc bar, a tilting frame having a pivotal connection with the frame and the cutting, carrying and other mechanism mounted on the tilting frame, and means for tilting the said frame, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a harvester with the main frame, having the rear turn-table, the perch-pole connected therewith and transverse arc barengaged by the swinging end of the perch-pole, of the tilting frame in advance of said transverse arc bar and havinga rockable connection with the main frame, means for adj usting the tilting frame, and the carrier and cutting apparatus carried by the tilting frame, substantially as set forth.

4. In a harvester, the combination of the main frame having the top bars and provided at the front end thereof With the depending bars, having at their upper ends, heads provided with guideways for the tilting frame, the guiding-wheel supported at the rear end of the main frame and the tilting frame having rockable connection with the main frame, and portions sliding in the guideways of the said depending bars, substantially as set forth.

5. In a harvester the combination with the main frame provided at its rear end with a turn-table and with a supporting-wheel, and at its front end with the axle and supportingwheels and with the transversely-extending arc bar, .the perch-pole secured at its rear end to the turn-table and provided at its front end with a slide engaged with and movable along the arc bar, and the frame carried at the front end of the main frame for supporting the carrier and other mechanism, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the main frame provided at its front end with a transverse are bar and with a frame for supporting the cutting carrying and other mechanism, and at its rear end with a circle or ring, the tu rn-table carried by said ring, the steering-wheel turning in the main frame and having its axle connected with the turn-table and the perch-pole secured at its rear end to the turn-table and provided at its frontend with a slide engaged with and movable along the arc bar, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with the main frame provided at its front end with a transverse arc bar and with bearings for the axle, and with brace devices between said axle and arc bar, the axle and supporting-wheels, the tilting frame, the turn-table and the perch-pole secured to the turn-table and slidable along the arc bar, substantially as set forth.

8. In a harvester, the combination with the main frame having depending bars provided at their lower ends with bearings for the axle and with rearwardly-extending arms,and having at their upper ends heads provided with guides for the tilting frame, the tilting frame having its side portions provided with arcs sliding in the guides in said heads, means for tilting the frame, the turn-table and the supports therefor at the rear of the main frame, and the perch-pole secured at its rear end to the turn-table and provided at its front end with a slide engaged with and movable along the arc bar, substantially as set forth.

9. In a harvester, the combination with the main frame provided at its front end with a transverse arc bar and at its rear end with the turn-table, of the perch-pole secured at its rear end to the turn-table and slidable at 'its front end along the arc bar, and the steering-wheel having its axle connected with and movable with the turn-table, substantially as set forth.

10. In a harvester, the combination of the main frame provided at its front end with means for supporting the cutter mechanism and at its rear end with the turn-table and the perch-pole secured at its rear end to the turn-table and movable laterally at its front end, substantially as set forth.

ll. The combination in a harvester of the cutting apparatus,the carrier extended in rear of the cutting apparatus the rollers forsaid carrier, the smooth or unthreaded grain-tipping roller extending transversely in advance of the carrier, and gearing between said tippingroller and one of the carrier-rollers, substantially as set forth.

12. In a harvester, the combination of the reel, the carrier, the cutting apparatus, the lever apparatus connected with the cutting apparatus,the pair of parallel sprocket-chains, gearing between one of said sprocket-chains and the carrier, and the other one of said sprocket-chains and the reel-operating shaft, a cross-head connected with said chains, and a pitman connecting said cross-head with the lever apparatus, substantially as set forth.

13. The combination of the lever, the pair of parallel sprocket-chains and their sprocketwheels, the cross-head connecting said chains, the pitman connecting said cross-head with the lever, and a second pitman connected with said cross-head, substantially as set forth.

EDWARD A. MAIN GUET.

Witnesses:

PERRY B. TURPIN, SoLoN C. KEMoN. 

